End of life management of adult patients in an Australian metropolitan intensive care unit: A retrospective observational study

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Bloomer, Melissa Jane ^a   Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath ^a   Tsiripillis, Michael ^a   Botha, John A ^a  

^a PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Death; End of life; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; APACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 76149093528     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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